Holding(s) in Company

Filtrona plc
05 October 2007



TR-1: notification of major interests in shares

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|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying  |          Filtrona Plc          |
|issuer of existing shares to which voting    |                                |
|rights are attached:                         |                                |
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|2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                           |
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|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                      |Yes         |
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|An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may    |            |
|result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which      |            |
|voting rights are attached                                       |            |
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|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                 |            |
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|Other (please specify):______________                            |            |
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|3. Full name of person(s) subject to the     |Legal & General Group Plc (L&G) |
|notification obligation:                     |                                |
+---------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different |   Legal & General Assurance    |
|from 3.):                                    | Society Limited (LGAS & LGPL)  |
|                                             |                                |
|                                             |   Legal & General Assurance    |
|                                             | (Pensions Management) Limited  |
|                                             |             (PMC)              |
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|5. Date of the transaction (and date on which|           01/10/2007           |
|the threshold is crossed or reached if       |                                |
|different):                                  |                                |
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|6. Date on which issuer notified:            |           04/10/2007           |
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|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or       |      From 11% -12% (L&G)       |
|reached:                                     |                                |
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|8. Notified details:                                                        | |
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+---------------------------------------------+-------------------+----------+-+

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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                |
+--------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
|Class/  |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction|
|type of |the Triggering       |                                                    |
|shares  |transaction          |                                                    |
|        |                     |                                                    |
|if      +----------+----------+----------+--------------------+--------------------+
|possible|Number of |Number of |Number of |Number of voting    |% of voting rights  |
|using   |Shares    |Voting    |shares    |rights              |                    |
|the ISIN|          |Rights    |          |                    |                    |
|CODE    |          |          +----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+
|        |          |          |Direct    |Direct    |Indirect |Direct   |Indirect  |
|        |          |          |          |          |         |         |          |
+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+
|Ord GBP |25,999,893|25,999,893|26,185,731|26,185,731|         |12.05    |          |
|0.25    |          |          |          |          |         |         |          |
+--------+----------+----------+----------+----------+---------+---------+----------+

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|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|Type of        |Expiration |Exercise/         |Number of voting   |% of voting|
|financial      |date       |Conversion Period/|rights that may be |rights     |
|instrument     |           |Date              |acquired if the    |           |
|               |           |                  |instrument is      |           |
|               |           |                  |exercised/         |           |
|               |           |                  |converted.         |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+
|               |           |                  |                   |           |
+---------------+-----------+------------------+-------------------+-----------+

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|Total (A+B)                                                                  |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |% of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|             26,185,731              |                 12.05                 |
+-------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
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|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    |
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|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)                               |
|(Group) (29,284,603 - 13.47% = Total Position)                                |
|Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)                              |
|Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (29,284,603 -                           |
|13.47% = Total Position)                                                      |
|Legal & General Investment Management Limited                                 |
|(Indirect) (LGIM) (29,284,603 - 13.47% = Total                                |
|Position)                                                                     |
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (26,185,731 - 12.05% = LGAS, LGPL & |
|                                     PMC)                                     |
|Legal & General Investment Management    Legal & General Insurance Holdings   |
|(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) ) ( Limited (Direct) (LGIH) (18,151,035 -|
|8,034,696-3.69%=PMC)                     8.35% = LGAS & LGPL)                 |
|Legal & General Assurance (Pensions      Legal & General Assurance Society    |
|Management) Limited (PMC) ) (8,034,696 - Limited (LGAS & LGPL) (18,151,035 -  |
|3.69% = PMC)                             8.35% = LGAS & LGPL)                 |
|                                         Legal & General Pensions Limited     |
|                                         (Direct) (LGPL)                      |
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|Proxy Voting:                                                                 |
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|10. Name of the proxy holder:                    |            N/A             |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    |            N/A             |
|cease to hold:                                   |                            |
+-------------------------------------------------+----------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold|            N/A             |
|votin rights:                                    |                            |
+--------------------------------+----------------+----------------------------+
|  13. Additional information:   | Notification using the total voting rights  |
|                                |            figure of 217,286,795            |
|                                |                                             |
|                                |                                             |
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|14. Contact name:               |                  Jon Green                  |
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|15. Contact telephone number:   |                01908 359100                 |
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